EK and Snoring
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From: Blingland
The Gnome is history. Now the docs are trying to get the BMI thing removed as well, no actual benefit to the company. That may take a while.
The Doc remarked that most of the guys that are more often ill, or in the clinic are the skinnies, and those doing more extreme sports.
Medicals, at least at EK, be truthful, but always be economical with what you say, always.
SyB
The Doc remarked that most of the guys that are more often ill, or in the clinic are the skinnies, and those doing more extreme sports.
Medicals, at least at EK, be truthful, but always be economical with what you say, always.
SyB
short flights long nights
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https://www.flyingmedicine.uk
Just a heads up for anyone heading back to the UK. He also is on the medical board for a Big Airline.
Just a heads up for anyone heading back to the UK. He also is on the medical board for a Big Airline.
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From: Midlands
Jesus wept... the ‘meet the team’ page of the website looks like a Facebook selfie collection he randomly picked from some teen girl group.
Maybe they Service iPhone cameras too, and help people set up their own blogs?
Maybe they Service iPhone cameras too, and help people set up their own blogs?
Dog Tired
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From: uk
Joined: May 2006
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: Here, there and everywhere
The medical is not an insanity check up (despite the Germanwings incident). The least you say or own up to and the quicker you are out of the doctors room = all the better for you. You passed and are certified for another year, no more, no less, desired outcome achieved.
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From: Far, Far Away
https://www.flyingmedicine.uk
Just a heads up for anyone heading back to the UK. He also is on the medical board for a Big Airline.
Just a heads up for anyone heading back to the UK. He also is on the medical board for a Big Airline.
Also, do NOT ever mention 'headache' at the clinic either. If they can't identify what is causing the headache, you are grounded. Fix it yourself or go to a private clinic.
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From: MIDDLE EAST
Both him and his wife are second generation Brits, both their parents originally from India. Not content with their British passports, Mrs gnome made four visits to the US for extended stays, each one resulting in a return home +1. Obviously, a UK only passport is not good enough for their little darlings.
The first (and last) time that I met his wife, she admitted she thought she needed a passport to visit Scotland. She lived in Watford at the time! And no, that's not a joke.
He himself is a conniving, devious and downright untrustworthy individual with the ethics of a sleaze bag. He's a small man with a severely over inflated ego and made the life of one of my colleagues very difficult, as he did for several of our pilots. The 'C' word sums up perfectly this despicable little individual.
Harry
The first (and last) time that I met his wife, she admitted she thought she needed a passport to visit Scotland. She lived in Watford at the time! And no, that's not a joke.
He himself is a conniving, devious and downright untrustworthy individual with the ethics of a sleaze bag. He's a small man with a severely over inflated ego and made the life of one of my colleagues very difficult, as he did for several of our pilots. The 'C' word sums up perfectly this despicable little individual.
Harry
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From: Asia
Came across him once doing my medical a few years back. He was concerned about my weight gain (half a stone in three years, BMI 26.7) and went on asking me, with a concerned look, if I knew that about 100.000 people in the UK dies of fat related diseases every year!
Before realizing he was dead serious I replied in a country of ~60-70 million people statistically half a million will die yearly. Obviously the vast majority of them are slim so good thing I’m a little chubby then!
He didn’t appreciate my math...
Before realizing he was dead serious I replied in a country of ~60-70 million people statistically half a million will die yearly. Obviously the vast majority of them are slim so good thing I’m a little chubby then!
He didn’t appreciate my math...
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From: Dusty West
Both him and his wife are second generation Brits, both their parents originally from India. Not content with their British passports, Mrs gnome made four visits to the US for extended stays, each one resulting in a return home +1. Obviously, a UK only passport is not good enough for their little darlings.
The first (and last) time that I met his wife, she admitted she thought she needed a passport to visit Scotland. She lived in Watford at the time! And no, that's not a joke.
He himself is a conniving, devious and downright untrustworthy individual with the ethics of a sleaze bag. He's a small man with a severely over inflated ego and made the life of one of my colleagues very difficult, as he did for several of our pilots. The 'C' word sums up perfectly this despicable little individual.
Harry
The first (and last) time that I met his wife, she admitted she thought she needed a passport to visit Scotland. She lived in Watford at the time! And no, that's not a joke.
He himself is a conniving, devious and downright untrustworthy individual with the ethics of a sleaze bag. He's a small man with a severely over inflated ego and made the life of one of my colleagues very difficult, as he did for several of our pilots. The 'C' word sums up perfectly this despicable little individual.
Harry
This is not your normal defense of the company. I think a few of us are in shock!
However a look at the link https://www.flyingmedicine.uk/ instantly gives a pretty questionable impression of the staff.
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From: Dusty West
